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The memoir is set in the antebellum era, primarily in the 1850s, along the Mississippi River. Twain describes his formative years as a young boy growing up in the riverside town of Hannibal, Missouri. He then takes readers on a journey as he fulfills his childhood dream of becoming a steamboat pilot. The narrative spans from his apprenticeship ...
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * “Audacious…Life on the Mississippi sparkles.” —The Wall Street Journal * “A rich mix of history, reporting, and personal introspection.” —St. Louis Post-Dispatch * “Both a travelogue and an engaging history lesson about America’s westward expansion.” —The Christian Science Monitor The eagerly awaited return of master American storyteller Rinker ...
Mark Twain. Harper, 1899 - Mississippi River - 465 pages. A memoir of the steamboat era on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War. The first half details a brief history of the river from its discovery by Hernando de Soto in 1541 and describes Twain's career as a Mississippi steamboat pilot, the fulfillment of a childhood dream.
The eagerly awaited return of master American storyteller Rinker Buck, Life on the Mississippi is an epic, enchanting blend of history and adventure in which Buck builds a wooden flatboat from the grand “flatboat era” of the 1800s and sails it down the Mississippi River, illuminating the forgotten past of America’s first western frontier.
9 de ago. de 2022 · 1,985 ratings323 reviews. Life on the Mississippi is an epic, enchanting blend of history and adventure in which Buck builds a wooden flatboat from the grand “flatboat era” of the 1800s and sails it down the Mississippi River, illuminating the forgotten past of America’s first western frontier. Seven years ago, readers around the country ...
9 de ago. de 2022 · Life on the Mississippi [is] an epic tale told with wit, wisdom and heart-touching honesty. . . . What the book will certainly do is give readers an up-close look at the waters so few of us see.” — Gulf Coast Media “Captivating . . . Rough-edged, well informed, and honest about his own blind spots, Buck is a winning tour guide.
9 de ago. de 2022 · LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI: An Epic American Adventure, by Rinker Buck. A dry cleaner in Yankton, S.D., once told me that he had spied so many fussily costumed boaters from the banks of the nearby ...
